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Speaking on Israel-Iran war long term impact on world and India at specific, former diplomat Mahesh Sachdev said that India has stakes in Middle East and because of oil dependence and presence of Indian diaspora in the region."A lot would depend on whether Iran decides to carry out its threatened retaliation for such an action. It will require a slightly longer-term assessment of whether the three sides in question have been totally destroyed, as President Trump mentioned... If it is not confirmed, it might involve further American raids, or might involve Iran repledging itself to exercise its nuclear option. Either way, it has ramifications for the entire world and specifically for India because India has a well-known stake in stability and peace in the Middle East for reasons of oil dependence, presence of Indian diaspora and remittances, trade, as well as investments," said Mahesh Sachdev.

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00:00I think United Nations Secretary-Journal is absolutely right
00:04in seeing this as a major escalation,
00:09taking the confrontation in West Asia
00:12to a new and more dangerous level.
00:17In case Iranian decides to retaliate,
00:20either openly or through surreptitious means,
00:25against American assets,
00:27in the Gulf or outside,
00:32this would further escalate the situation
00:36and make it tit-for-tat,
00:40uncontrollable contest between United States and Iran.
00:46I think this bodes ill for the stability
00:52of not only Middle East or West Asia,
00:57but also for the entire world
01:00because Gulf has important geopolitical
01:06and geoeconomic role in the world.
01:10It is a source for crude oil
01:16and nearly a fifth of the world's crude oil
01:20passes through the Strait of Hormuz,
01:23which Iran has often threatened to block.
01:27It has also up to 40,000 American troops
01:32present in multiple number of bases,
01:36which may become a target of Iranian action.
01:42It has also Islam's holiest shrines,
01:48which are located, as you know,
01:51in Saudi Arabia as well as in Jerusalem.
01:55So all that makes it a very combustible situation
02:03and it is to be hoped that,
02:08as UN Secretary General himself has said,
02:12that the world would climb down from this path.
02:18So let's see.
02:19So let's see.
02:20Let's see.
02:21Let's see.
02:22Let's see.

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